Classic Game

Blackpool To some, the land that time forgot to forget. Blackpool has its strange charm. There is a strange optimism which refuses to go, amongst the various neon-lit barbers, “Viagra Hotel” (real place) and Madame Leonarda Priscilla (Palmist to the…

Aron Nimzowitch – Siegbert Tarrrasch, St Petersburg 1914 This game is included in our classic game as a natural follow-on from our post on the Greek Gift: Aron Nimzowitch was a founding father of the school of systematic chess development…

Classic Game – Who you calling a ‘minor’ piece! Anatoly Karpov – Boris Gulko, Spain 1996 This game is included in our classic game section for many reasons: Anatoly Karpov has a somewhat unfair reputation for being quite a dry,…

A Game of Placid Beauty! This game is famous for a few reasons: Fischer was a 1.e4 player and had the maxim “best by test”. Despite his opponents having the chance to prepare against Fischer’s certain 1.e4 throughout his career,…

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At the World Congress for Chess Composition (WCCC) 2017 in Dresden it was decided to dedicate the second year of this “Study of the Month” series to the education about chess composition history. Following this, we look at the successors of Troitzky this time: The Platov brothers.

Fedor Bohatirschuk was a strong Ukrainian chess player and a doctor by profession. He inspired Boris Pasternak to parts of his character of Doctor Zhivago. In 1944 Bohatirschuk played a handicap simul in Prague against eight Czech players. Vlastimil Hort shares memories of the eight players and translates a passage of Bohatirschuk's autobiography in which […]

Grandmasters Daniel King and Daniel Fernandez each looked at the Chess960 rapid games between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen in some detail, and we present all eight of those games for review at your leisure. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / frchess.com

Courtesy of our friends at New in Chess: The eternal question remains: how do I get myself in good shape before a tournament? Matthew Sadler reviews books and DVDs that may help you to be in the right disposition.